Windows 10: System Image Problem

Well, I tried what you said, but the repair didn't work. It keeps booting to disk 1 ???? After I exit diskpart from doing an inactive to par 1 of disk 0, and reboot, then check Disk 0, it's active, how come?

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Nick

 

I've read that solution, but got lost with the Macrium Reflex stuff.

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Nick

 

I'd like to see your Disk Management - again *Wink

Please use the dmDskmgr-vg.mmc in dmDskmgr-vg.zip that you downloaded before (might be in your Downloads folder)
I bolded the part about grabbing just the Disk Management window since the last screenshots were full screen and that makes the important information smaller

Here is the custom Disk Management instructions (without the download part) again so you don't have to rummage through the thread to find them

• Open the compressed folder, dmDskmgr-vg.zip
  Double click dmDskmgr-vg.mmc to launch it
  Press the Open button if prompted Do you want to open this file?
  Answer yes to the User Account Control prompt
  
• Press Alt+PrtScn to grab a snapshot of just the Disk Management window
  Open Paint and Ctrl+V to paste it, then save the image
  
  
• Attach the image to a new post

Thanks

 

Don't forget to press the refresh button on your browser every now and again *Biggrin
(thread pages don't automatically reload)

 

Figured that one out *Wink

Here's the image:

 

Ok, that looks as it should - Disk 1 is Active & Disk 0 is not Active

The next thing is to switch the disk positions of HP_Pavillion ( E: ) and HP ( C: )
The drive letters are not important right now, only the disk positions

Your Disk Management image shows

Disk 0: HP_Pavillion ( E: )
Disk 1: HP ( C: )
What you want is

Disk 0: HP ( C: )
Disk 1: HP_Pavillion ( E: )
again, don't worry about the drive letters, I only included them to help identify the disks

You'll have to shut down the machine, open the case and swap the cables
Restart the machine and - yep ... another Disk Management screen shot if you please

Thanks

 

Uh, yes I will proceed with your question first though. Disk 0 is plugged it SATA 0 and Disk 1 into SATA 1, so why isn't the drive numbers correct?

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Nick

 

There was some discussion earlier between fdegrove and myself where fdegrove suggested in post# 44 changing BIOS instead of physically pulling the cable.

Could you check the BIOS to see if that might be causing it?

If the disks in BIOS are OK, then all I can offer is that you swap the cables anyway, even though the correct drive seems to be connected to the correct port. I have to rely on you for this sort of thing since I can't reach the box from here *Wink

 

All it did was reposition F: & G:

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Nick

 

All it did was reposition F: & G:
All what did? BIOS or cable swap?

Disks F: & G: are external USB drives aren't they?

Is HP_Pavillion ( E: ) an internal drive or a external USB drive?
edit: I believe it is an internal drive

It might be easier if you disconnect all external USB drives while we sort this out - just to eliminate them from discussion and consideration.

 

Only thing that changed was F: & G: again.

 

You have me at a disadvantage ... I don't know what action you're taking when you post
All it did was reposition F: & G:
and
Only thing that changed was F: & G: again.

Please provide more information, such as

I changed BIOS and the only thing that changed was ...
-- or --
I swapped cables on the internal drives and the only thing that changed was ...
-- or --
I disconnected the external drives and the only thing that changed was ....

The screen shots are great - thanks for grabbing just the active window
but they don't tell me what you're doing, only the results of what you did.

Remember, I can't see what you see or know what you know unless you explicitly show me and tell me

Bill
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